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Chicago Public Schools hope to find teachers for such hard-to-fill areas as math, science and special education by hiring retired educators and graduates of alternative certification programs. Overall teacher hiring for the 2004-2005 school year is expected to be lower, however, because of declining student enrollment within the district.

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Yesterday, a Commonwealth Court approved a plan that could resolve a 33-year-old desegregation lawsuit against the Philadelphia public schools system. The agreement calls for the case to be settled in three years if the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission finds schools have made adequate progress toward closing the racial achievement gap.

The Denver school board yesterday voted unanimously to transport students this fall by means of public transportation rather than school buses. The change means that schools will be open from 7:30 a.m. until about 4:15 p.m., with students having the option to begin classes at 9 a.m.

The Washington Biotechnology Foundation, Northwest biotech companies and research institutions teamed up to sponsor the fourth annual Student Biotech Expo in Bellevue, Wash. Mentored by teachers and industry representatives, each of the 350 student participants at the gathering presented a serious research project, sometimes with a surprisingly creative flair.

The Illinois State Board of Education has placed 156 districts on the "financial watch" list for 2004, nearly double the number from last year. The designation, the worst of four possible ratings, stems from the districts' running up deficits, draining reserves and heavy borrowing.

Wednesday, city leaders voted 4-1 to loan Baltimore schools $42 million so that they could remain open. The terms of the loan deal give Mayor Martin O'Malley more control over the schools and require the district to repay the bulk of the loan by August.